Unit Assessment

What does the first amendment in the Bill of Rights protect?

• Freedom of Speech, Assembly and Protest. Also protects the rights of Religious belief. It also prevents the government from creating or favoring a certain religion

• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Prevents the President from ruling for life

• Freedom of movement, voting and religious belief.

The Second Amendment protects what right?

• To keep and bear arms

• Protects against unlawful search and seizure

• Establishes the Judiciary/Courts

• Protects the right against cruel and unusual punishment.

What does the 4th amendment do?

• Bars the Government from unreasonable search and seizure

• Bars the Government from establishing a monarchy

• Bars the Government from going to war without approval of congress

• Bars the Government from creating arbitrary laws

The 10th amendment does what?

• Says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn’t listed, it belongs to the states or to the people.

• Says the Federal Government has rights to take away a trial by jury during a war or insurrection

• Says the Federal Government cannot charge someone twice for the same crime

• Says the Federal law is supreme over state laws.

What political Party was against the constitution and in support of the Articles of Confederation?

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

What political party was in favor of the Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Was the Bill of Rights included in the Original Constitution? or was it added later?

• Included

• Added Later

What was the main reason for the creation of the constitution?

What document governed the states before the constitution?

• Articles of Confederation

• Articles of the Southern States

• Magna Carta

• Decree of King George III

The US Supreme Court falls into which branch?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Parliamentarian